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Egypt’s Deepwater Oil and Gas Development: Work continues in existing fields, new discoveries await plans

01/28/2008
With the bulk of its natural gas resource in the Mediterranean—some studies estimate ultimate recovery from deepwater gas reserves at up to 70 tcf—and a strategic focus on optimizing the value of its natural gas supply, meeting deepwater challenges will be vital to Egypt’s energy future.As development continues in the West Delta Deep Marine and Rosetta concessions, new deepwater discoveries also continue to be made. Recent discoveries in the Rosetta concession area, for example, include Mina, Silva, Saurus and Sienna. Development plans for those fields are in progress.The Mina-1 well indicated a reservoir pressure of about 6,100 psia and a reservoir temperature of 201 °...

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